Rise & Shine: DeVos’s final confirmation vote is set for noon today

BETSY DEVOS Tennesseans have flooded the offices of Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker with phone calls and emails about Betsy DeVos. So how many calls have the senators received? They won’t say. The Commercial Appeal

Your Daily DeVos includes Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow saying there might be another Republican preparing to vote no, the implications of the possibility of Vice President Mike Pence casting a tie-breaking vote and Sen. Kamala Harris citing Chalkbeat’s reporting discussing her opposition to Betsy DeVos. Chalkbeat

CHARTER FUNDING A bill backed by the Tennessee Department of Education would allow local districts to charge an authorizer fee for charter schools and set aside state money for charter school facilities. The Tennessean